Aurillac climate — normals and trends
Aurillac (France) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.0 °C and it receives 1,366 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (17.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (1.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Aurillac averages 72 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 157 rainy days per year.
Aurillac has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 87 to 57 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.9 °C (on 11 August 2025) and the coldest -26.6 °C (on 16 January 1985).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
AurillacRhône-Alpes
- coords
- 44.93°, 2.44°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.0°C
Average daily high
13.1°C
Average daily low
5.3°C
Annual rainfall
1,366mm
Sunshine / day
8.7h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
15.4km/h
Seasonal range
15.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
72 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
157 d/yr
Annual snowfall
99.7 cm
Average feels-like high
11.0 °C
Average feels-like low
2.5 °C
Average peak gust
36.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.50 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
35.9 °C
11 August 2025
Coldest day
-26.6 °C
16 January 1985
Wettest day
71 mm
24 October 1943
Windiest day
54.1 km/h
27 December 1999
Strongest gust
144.0 km/h
27 December 1999
Hottest feels-like
37.3 °C
27 June 2019
Coldest feels-like
-31.5 °C
16 January 1985
Snowiest day
27.4 cm
31 January 1971
Sunniest day
15.0 h
26 June 2019
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.5 °C | +3.0 °C | 180 mm | +56 mm |
| Feb | 9.9 °C | +4.0 °C | 59 mm | -55 mm |
| Mar | 10.1 °C | +0.8 °C | 87 mm | -23 mm |
| Apr | 15.2 °C | +3.1 °C | 120 mm | +5 mm |
| May | 17.6 °C | +1.9 °C | 85 mm | -43 mm |
| Jun | 25.8 °C | +6.3 °C | 74 mm | -28 mm |
| Jul | 23.5 °C | +1.5 °C | 59 mm | -24 mm |
| Aug | 26.7 °C | +5.0 °C | 98 mm | -6 mm |
| Sep | 17.8 °C | -0.7 °C | 143 mm | +35 mm |
| Oct | 15.6 °C | +1.5 °C | 209 mm | +92 mm |
| Nov | 9.3 °C | +0.9 °C | 149 mm | +24 mm |
| Dec | 8.6 °C | +3.2 °C | 104 mm | -33 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Aurillac?
Aurillac has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.0 °C and it receives 1,366 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Aurillac?
The hottest day measured in Aurillac between 1940 and 2025 was 11 August 2025, reaching 35.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Aurillac?
The coldest day measured in Aurillac between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1985, at -26.6 °C.
Does it snow in Aurillac?
Yes. Aurillac gets on average 99.7 cm of snow per year and has around 72 frost days.
Has the climate of Aurillac warmed?
Yes: Aurillac warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Aurillac?
The wettest day measured in Aurillac between 1940 and 2025 was 24 October 1943, with 71 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Aurillac?
The windiest day measured in Aurillac between 1940 and 2025 was 27 December 1999, with winds reaching 54.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Aurillac?
The warmest month in Aurillac is July (17.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (1.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Aurillac?
Aurillac receives on average 1,366 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 157 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Aurillac?
Aurillac gets on average 8.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,175 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Aurillac?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Aurillac between 1940 and 2025 was 31 January 1971, with 27.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Aurillac?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Aurillac.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Aurillac?
In Aurillac, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.3 °C on 27 June 2019, and the lowest was -31.5 °C on 16 January 1985.
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